Melanie Case

Melanie Case

Melanie Case (born January 10, 1978), a.k.a. Melanie Salazar Case, is a Colombian-American actor, comedian, writer, theater director, filmmaker, producer, and teacher.[1] She is the President and Co-founder of The Farm Hands Entertainment, with her partner Victoria Hope Martin, a media production company focusing on comedy, documentary, and LGBT films.

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Early life

Case was born in Palo Alto, CA and raised in Menlo Park, CA. She went to Menlo-Atherton High School and was the founder of the improvisation troupe The Lunátic Players (now known simply as The Lunátics). She earned her bachelor's degree in theater from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Acting and Sketch Comedy

A company member since 2003 of the award-winning San Francisco sketch comedy group Killing My Lobster, Melanie originated the role of Pam in the award-winning world premiere production of the play Hunter Gatherers by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb.[2][3][4][5][6][7] She has acted in many Killing My Lobster sketch comedy shows, including 2003’s Walks This Way, which also featured “luminary” folk singer Becky Stark and directed by filmmaker Peter Glantz.[8] She has also performed in Shotgun Players' production of Bright Ideas. She was deemed a comedy “expert” and “consistently hilarious” for her portrayal of myriad characters in that show.[9][10] Other Bay Area credits include Catherine in Proof (play) with Mendocino Theater Company, and a reading of Janet Allard's Vrooommm! at TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley).[11]

(L-R) Eric Kutner, Patton Oswalt, Adam Goldstein, Melanie Case, and Stefanie Goldstein at the SXSW premiere.

She played Natalie in the indie feature film The Snake, featuring Margaret Cho, co-produced and co-written by Eric Kutner (who also directed) and Adam Goldstein, who stars in the film.[12][13] The Snake premiered at SXSW on March 13, 2009.[14]

She also appeared in the indie film My Movie Girl, starring Mackenzie Firgens.[15] Evolution: The Musical! a film in which she portrays a manipulative and primal Queen Bonobo, premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival on May 6, 2008.[16] She shared the screen with illBilly boys, Andrew Bancroft (of MC Jelly Donut notoriety) and Kenny Taylor, who directed the film.[17][18][19] She also stars in Orifice Visit, a short comedy film about an awkward gynecology visit, that Case wrote and directed.

Melanie can be seen in commercials and videos for companies such as Subway Sandwiches, Hewlett Packard, Toyota, Brown and Toland Physicians, and the Nevada Department of Public Health.[20]

Writing

Melanie is a playwright as well as a screenwriter. Her first one-act play, written for 12–14 year-olds, Seventh Grade Freaks will be published by Smith and Kraus publishers this year.[21][22] Palo Alto Weekly recently did a feature story on her play.[23]

She was a performance judge as a part of Opium Magazine’s San Francisco’s Literary Death Match in January 2009.[24][25]

She also co-wrote and co-produced, with Amanda Gamer, a two-woman play about women’s self-love, in Los Angeles, The Sho Show (The Complex). Her first short film as a writer, Diner Ladies, co-written with Tonya Glanz after a 3:00 am riff at a San Francisco diner called Sparky’s, screened at the HiLo Film Festival and at Rooftop Films in New York.

Glanz and Case are attributed with popularizing the phrase “On the siiiiiiide!” which is sometimes heard around San Francisco restaurants.

Directing and Producing

Case’s film directing and producing debut, Orifice Visit was completed in September 2008, and awaiting festival notifications. She is currently directing a video for non-profit organization Pacific Environment.

In 2005, she was the first female Lobster to direct a play, with her twisted take on fairy tales. The result was Kisses A Toad at the Yugen/Noh Space, about which Jane Ganahl of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote a feature story.[26]

Press

  • Curve magazine article about Case [27]
  • East Bay Express review of Learn to be Latina-- "But it's Case who steals the show as Mary O'Malley, an ethnicity consultant with hipster glasses and dominatrix boots. Colombian-American and bilingual in real life, she'll invent a Spanish proverb on the spot, and say it in a perfect accent. Her favorite? 'Las buenas Latinas no comen cuca.' " [28]
  • SF Chronicle review of Learn to be Latina [29]
  • SF Weekly review of Learn to be Latina-- "Case runs off with the show..." [30]
  • Palo Alto Weekly article about Case and Seventh Grade Freaks[31]
  • SF Chronicle Article about Case directing Kisses a Toad[32]
  • Variety review of Hunter Gatherers[33]
  • SF Chronicle review of Hunter Gatherers[34]
  • SF Weekly review of Hunter Gatherers[35]
  • SF Station review of Hunter Gatherers[36]
  • Examiner review of Hunter Gatherers[37]
  • Talkin’ Broadway review of Hunter Gatherers[38]
  • SF Weekly review of Bright Ideas[39]
  • Oakland Tribune review of Bright Ideas[40]
  • Review of Case’s performance in Vroooommm![41]
  • Melanie Case at the Internet Movie Database

References

  1. ^ Melanie Case on IMDB
  2. ^ "''Hunter Gatherers'' homepage ''Variety'' and many other publications gave Melanie rave reviews for her performance.[http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117931369.html?categoryid=33&cs=1 Variety review of ''Hunter Gatherers''". Huntergatherers.com. http://www.huntergatherers.com/. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  3. ^ Robert Hurwitt (July 18, 2006). "SF Chronicle review of ''Hunter Gatherers''". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/18/DDGVTJVPE91.DTL&hw=hunter+gatherers&sn=001&sc=1000. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  4. ^ Chloe Veltman (July 5, 2006). "SF Weekly review of ''Hunter Gatherers''". Sfweekly.com. http://www.sfweekly.com/2006-07-05/culture/the-fall-of-man-in-three-acts/. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  5. ^ SF Station review of Hunter Gatherers
  6. ^ Examiner review of Hunter Gatherers[dead link]
  7. ^ "Talkin’ Broadway review of ''Hunter Gatherers''". Talkinbroadway.com. http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/sanfran/s792.html. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  8. ^ "Killing My Lobster homepage[http://www.jamesbewley.com/press/contra-costa-times Contra Costa County Times review of Killing My Lobster ''Walks this Way''". Killingmylobster.com. http://www.killingmylobster.com/. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  9. ^ SF Weekly review of Bright Ideas[dead link]
  10. ^ Oakland Tribune Review of Bright Ideas[dead link]
  11. ^ "Review of Case’s performance in ''Vroooommm!''". Metroactive.com. http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/05.04.05/new-works-0518.html. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  12. ^ "''The Snake'' homepage[http://www.buzzine.com/2009/01/the-snake-interview-2/ ''Buzzine''’s interview with Eric Kutner and Adam Goldstein". Thesnakemovie.com. http://www.thesnakemovie.com/. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  13. ^ "Scharpling and Wurster’s blog about Adam Goldstein’s performance in ''The Snake''". Scharplingandwurster.com. December 10, 2008. http://www.scharplingandwurster.com/?p=149. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  14. ^ The Snake on SXSW’s 2009 schedule[dead link]
  15. ^ http://www.myspace.com/mymoviegirl
  16. ^ "''Evolution: The Musical!'' homepage[http://fest08.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=21 SFIFF ''Evolution: The Musical!'' page". Evolutionthemusical.com. http://evolutionthemusical.com/. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  17. ^ Andrew Bancroft on IMDB
  18. ^ "MC Jelly Donut on myspace". Myspace.com. http://www.myspace.com/mcjellydonut. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  19. ^ Kenny Taylor on IMDB
  20. ^ "Case’s youtube channel". Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/user/caseoddity. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  21. ^ Mason, Timothy. "Amazon page for play anthology including ''Seventh Grade Freaks''". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/1575255766. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  22. ^ Click here to watchour video. "Smith and Kraus publishers". Smithandkraus.com. http://www.smithandkraus.com/htdocs/index.php. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  23. ^ "Palo Alto Weekly story about Case and her play ''Seventh Grade Freaks''". Paloaltoonline.com. http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=9524. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  24. ^ "Video of Case judging Opium’s Literary Death Match". Redroom.com. http://www.redroom.com/video/literary-death-match-san-francisco-09. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  25. ^ Jan. 9, 2009 Literary Death Match San Francisco[dead link]
  26. ^ Jane Ganahl (March 2, 2005). "SF Chronicle Article about Case directing ''Kisses a Toad''". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/03/02/DDG45BIDUN1.DTL&hw=FRACTURED&sn=077&sc=322. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  27. ^ "''Curve'' magazine article about Case". Curvemag.com. November 13, 2010. http://www.curvemag.com/Curve-Magazine/Web-Articles-2008/Q-A/. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  28. ^ Swan, Rachel. "''East Bay Express'' review of ''Learn to be Latina''". Eastbayexpress.com. http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/las-buenas-latinas/Content?oid=1623534. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  29. ^ Robert Hurwitt, Chronicle Theater Critic (February 27, 2010). "''SF Chronicle'' review of ''Learn to be Latina''". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/26/DDHG1C4QVR.DTL. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  30. ^ Chris Jensen (March 10, 2010). "''SF Weekly'' review of ''Learn to be Latina''". Sfweekly.com. http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-03-10/culture/at-impact-theatre-even-a-lebanese-girl-can-learn-to-be-latina/. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  31. ^ "Palo Alto Online Palo Alto Weekly: From classroom to stage (September 26, 2008)". Paloaltoonline.com. http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=9524. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  32. ^ Jane Ganahl (March 2, 2005). "Killing My Lobster fractures a few more fairy tales". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/03/02/DDG45BIDUN1.DTL&hw=FRACTURED&sn=077&sc=322. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  33. ^ Harvey, Dennis (August 22, 2006). "Variety Reviews – Hunter Gatherers – Legit Reviews – Regional – Review by Dennis Harvey". Variety. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117931369.html?categoryid=33&cs=1. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  34. ^ Robert Hurwitt (July 18, 2006). "Bedlam – it's what's for dinner in 'Hunter'". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/18/DDGVTJVPE91.DTL&hw=hunter+gatherers&sn=001&sc=1000. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  35. ^ Chloe Veltman (July 5, 2006). "The Fall of Man in Three Acts – Page 1 – Arts – San Francisco". SF Weekly. http://www.sfweekly.com/2006-07-05/culture/the-fall-of-man-in-three-acts/. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  36. ^ http://www.sfstation.com/hunter-gatherers-a2038
  37. ^ [1][dead link]
  38. ^ "Talkin' Broadway Regional News & Reviews: San Francisco – Hunter Gatherers- 6/22/06". Talkinbroadway.com. http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/sanfran/s792.html. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  39. ^ [2][dead link]
  40. ^ [3][dead link]
  41. ^ "Metroactive Stage | New Works Festival". Metroactive.com. http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/05.04.05/new-works-0518.html. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 

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